Program Master Scheduler / SIOPS
Job Ref: # 2013247
Date Posted: 11/24/2025 11:12:01 PM
City, State: Williamsburg, VA
Description
Go to end ⇓The Program Master Scheduler is a strategic role responsible for developing and maintaining integrated master schedules / Sales, Inventory, Operations Planning (SIOPS) analysis across multiple complex electrical switchgear projects. This position ensures alignment between SIOPS and project delivery, driving on-time performance, resource optimization, and financial compliance.
The is key position responsible for ensuring accurate information to allow for short, medium and long-term planning across our entire operational team. This role requires a strong technical understanding of Project Management Systems and Techniques, Financial Management and a very high attention to detail.
What You'll Be Doing:
Master Schedule Management:
- Maintain a Master Schedule / SIOPS model, scalable to support the strategic growth of the business.
- Verify data accuracy used to develop capacity planning, make decisions, track progress, validate changes.
- Ensure data reflects demonstrated capacity, highlights constraints and work with peers to level-load / mitigate risk.
- Ensure alignment between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing and project teams.
- Implement robust scheduling processes and tools to support capacity planning and resource allocation.
SIOPS Development:
- Align forecasted customer demand accurately using historical data, market trends, and sales input.
- Assess production capacity, material availability and lead times to avoid shortages or excess inventory.
- Work with Supply Chain to define optimal inventory levels for raw materials, WIP and finished goods.
- Evaluate manufacturing resources, i.e. labour, equipment and facilities against projected demand.
- Identify bottlenecks and develop mitigation strategies, e.g. overtime, subcontracting.
- Model “what-if” scenarios for demand spikes, supply disruptions or capacity changes.
- Develop contingency plans to maintain service levels under uncertainty.
Project Governance & Reporting:
- Produce, analyze and report relevant KPI's, ensuring necessary actions are taken where required.
- Analyse and identify risks associated with options built into the master plan, work with peers to identify solutions and advise on key business decision requirements to site leadership.
- Chair relevant planning / scheduling focus meetings to ensure priorities and due dates are valid, aligned and agreed across all departments.
- Provide accurate, timely schedule reports to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Support governance standards for documentation, reporting and KPI tracking.
Risk & Performance Management:
- Implement early warning KPIs for potential delays / financial underperformance and escalate as needed.
- Develop mitigation strategies which allow us to make accurate / informed decisions in a timely manner.
- Conduct lessons-learned reviews to improve scheduling accuracy and efficiency.
Financial & Commercial Integration:
- Link operational planning with financial milestones / targets and contractual obligations.
- Verify rigorous financial and commercial management through all phases of the project lifecycle.
- Support financial forecasts and resource planning to maintain profitability based on the Master Schedule.
Continuous Improvement:
- Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, project tools and team performance.
- Drive standardization and best practices across the Project Management function.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, project management or related field.
- Expert in project planning tools i.e. PMP, PRINCE2 or similar project management certification.
- 7+ years' experience in master scheduling or program planning within the manufacturing industry.
- Proven experience with complex, engineered-to-order projects and SIOPS processes.
- Financial acumen for cost control and schedule and project impact analysis.
- Demonstrated success in stakeholder management, risk mitigation and performance improvement.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal with the ability to collaborate effectively with peers.
- Demonstrated commitment to ensure our business goals and your functional goals are met / exceeded.
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach, with strong analytical skills which drive decision making.
- Self-motivated with a results-driven approach and adept at identifying and solving issues.





























